League Two prediction and guide: Newport County odds-on betting favourite to top Barrow

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Barrow journey to Newport County and Rodney Parade loaded with hope and confidence, but the hosting team is not a walk in the park. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Newport County have scored more than double the goals of Barrow.

Newport County and Barrow should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Newport County form and stats

Seven points from three League Two home games is a great start for Newport County, who are hoping to build on that form here at Rodney Parade.

Newport faced defeat in their previous match, away at Crawley Town (1-4). The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league fixtures. Attacking player Bogle outperformed all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Bogle scored one goal.

In the match before that, Newport County hosted AFC Wimbledon and drew the game 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Goals are appearing in numbers in this club's league matches, with 7 in a row having three goals or more (over 2.5).

Newport County has scored {9 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Barrow form and stats

Playing away, Barrow have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the League Two this season.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, a EFL Trophy home defeat versus Blackpool with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that result Barrow won their away game at Harrogate Town in the League Two. The scoreline was 1-0.

Barrow are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Newport County victories, one draw and five Barrow wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyW. Evans
W. Evans
7 goals
BarrowE. Acauah
E. Acauah
3 goals
NewportH. Charsley
H. Charsley
2 goals

Newport County missing players

Barrow missing players

Newport County Barrow
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 4 6
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
15 9 0 Scored S 1 4 7
14 3 0 Conceded C 1 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
71% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 67%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 17%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 17%
 
3.1 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.8 5.8
4.7 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.2 5.3
1.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.2 10.5
5.1 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.2
42% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 40% 37%
 
12.6 12.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.5 11.8
4.9 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Newport County's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newport County have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Newport County have scored more than double the goals of Barrow.
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gillingham 7 5 0 2 5 5 3 2 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 3 2 0 15
2 Notts County 7 4 2 1 13 11 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 14
3 Mansfield Town 7 3 4 0 14 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 3 0 8 5 7 13
4 Milton Keynes Dons 7 4 1 2 14 12 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 0 2 10 10 2 13
5 Swindon Town 6 3 3 0 20 11 3 2 1 0 13 5 3 1 2 0 7 6 9 12
6 Crewe Alexandra 7 3 3 1 17 11 4 2 2 0 11 7 3 1 1 1 6 4 6 12
7 Wrexham 7 3 3 1 17 15 4 2 1 1 14 13 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 12
8 Barrow 6 3 2 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 11
9 Walsall 7 3 2 2 11 11 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 7 9 0 11
10 Crawley Town 7 3 2 2 11 13 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 0 2 1 4 10 -2 11
11 AFC Wimbledon 7 2 4 1 10 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 2 2 0 7 2 4 10
12 Grimsby Town 7 2 4 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 10
13 Newport County 7 3 1 3 15 14 3 2 1 0 9 3 4 1 0 3 6 11 1 10
14 Morecambe 6 3 1 2 6 6 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 10
15 Accrington Stanley 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 10
16 Bradford City 7 2 3 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 1 5 -2 9
17 Stockport County 7 2 2 3 10 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 8
18 Salford City 7 2 1 4 9 11 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 2 0 2 6 6 -2 7
19 Forest Green Rovers 7 2 1 4 5 12 4 0 0 4 2 11 3 2 1 0 3 1 -7 7
20 Colchester United 6 2 0 4 8 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 6
21 Harrogate Town 7 2 0 5 4 8 3 1 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 6
22 Tranmere Rovers 7 1 0 6 8 12 4 1 0 3 7 7 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 3
23 Sutton United 7 1 0 6 10 16 4 1 0 3 5 6 3 0 0 3 5 10 -6 3
24 Doncaster Rovers 7 0 2 5 5 14 4 0 2 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 2 8 -9 2

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.